Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-30
County sup's of School

tions are abolished by law.
N. M. HILLS,
County Sup't of Schools.
OUTSIDE OBSERVATIONS.
Dakota Newspaper Opinions Relative
to the Hospital Matter.
Letoher Blade: The Yankton insane
asylum is filled to it's capacity and the
last legislature appropriated 100000 to
build an addition. The trustees are re-
publicans and Gov. Church wants their
places for democrats, but he has no
power to remove them and they will not
resign at his demand. Charges have
been preferred against their manage
ment but they have had nc trial and
they very naturally and properly refuse
to surrender under fire. The governor
says he will not allow the money to be
used to build the addition under the
present trustees, but will send the
patients from south Dakota to the
jamestown asylum. The law says
they shall be sent to Yankton
and the control Of such matters is left
entirely to the county boards of insanity
and the superintendent of the asylum.
The governor is vested with no power
whatever in the premises, but he pro
poses to override the will OF the legisla-
ture. take the law in his own hands and
send the insane patients where they do
not belong just because three trustees
will not surrender their uffices at his
command. Some u should whisper
to Governor Church that he was sent
here tc administer the laws. not to
make nor defy them. These imported
governors and judges seem to regard
their personal pleasure as paramount to
to any local laws, and it will be SO as
long as VIZ are q territory and our
principal officers are sent here as & re-
ward for party political services.
Pierre Free Press: The Yaukton asy-
|lum muddle seems to have resolved it.
self into O dog in the manger fight
which is q truly depIolable state of af-
fairs. The trustees of the institution re.
fuse to resign their positions and the
governor claims that it is beyond hit
power to remove them from office; but
while this wrangle is going On, he will
not allow them to have the public funds
for charging and improving the build
ing. While this disgusting fight is kept
up at long range, the poor unfortunate
inmates are punched together like a 10
of cattle in crowded stalls. 1t begins tc
look Rs though Judgment must be
| passed upon the executive OF the terri
tory. If the trustees of the institution
have failed to do their duty and hav'
gone wrong, the shortest cut to get then
out of the way is to force them into TIL,
courts, if they have not been guilty o
the charges of which they are accused
1t looks as though the Coy. was carrying
things with o high democratic hand ii
forcing them to resign. In the name o
a long suffering public, let us have peac
and haye this lamentable difficult.
settled In one way or the other.
Elk Point Courier: III the trustees Q
the Yanktnn insane asylum are guilty Q
malfeasance and corruption IN office o
is charged, they should be removed a
once. Our territorial statutes provide
way for disposing of corrupt off
oials and if the governor wants them re
moved he should proceed at once in til
matter. II they are not guilty th
governor is certainly ~obstructing th
building OF the new wings to the asylui
as provided for by the last Legislature
and which is 30 much needed now to &C
commodate and tske care OF the IN
fortunate insane, by refusing to approx
the plans and specifications. In eithe
case, whether the trustees are guilty {
not, the governor is responsible for til
delay in the building of the new wing
to the asylum. We surmise that th
, facts In the case are that the governc
cannot find any legal methed for remoy
moving these trustees. and has cor
eequently set himself up as an obstruci
ionist in order to force the republica
members of the board to resign in ordt
to fill their places with persons OF b
own political persuasion or persons VII
will do his bidding.